Friday, July 27, 2012

As a person who isn’t registered to vote I never thought too
much about a requirement of having a valid photo ID to be able to vote. After
reading this article on CNN, I began to understand why people wouldn’t want this
valid photo ID law passed. It would create a problem with the people who live
in rural areas of Texas that takes a couple hours to get to a place where you
can get a valid photo ID, or a passport or some kind of proper identification
to allow you to vote. No one wants to drive that far for something that little.
It would also hurt the person who don’t drive and doesn’t require a driver’s
license or someone who doesn’t have the money to get a Texas ID, or they don’t have
anybody to take them to their local driver’s license station to obtain one.
People also think it would bring discrimination with the new law. This law wouldn’t
take in consideration by the color of your skin or your ethnicity. It would affect
everyone that doesn’t have the proper identification to be able to vote or the
means to obtain one. In this article on CNN statistics show that about 600,000
registered voters lack the state issued driver’s license or identification
card. This law wouldn’t cut down on fraud, it would create problems for the
people who have issues obtaining a proper identification card, or possibly
someone who has physical or mental disabilities and couldn’t get one. I’m sure someone
with a physical disability is still in the right frame of mind to vote. It’s
just another way to take our hard earned money out of our pockets and use it
one something that is irrelevant.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

After reading this article, I believe that this author has
gotten the student body attention about the crisis in student voting. The
author states that a little over nine thousand students voted from a university
that generally enrolls fifty thousand students a year. That’s relatively higher
than the two primary republican turnouts. However in certain precincts that are
heavily dominated with university student did not vote and the actual number of
students that voted is closer to two thousand. The author suggests that maybe
they should change their election days so it wouldn’t conflict with other
election days. Student voting is an important thing for the university and the
future of politics it helps student learn about elections and voting and help
them vote in the future for more important elections than student government. This article was published in March of 2010 by Michael Hurta a senior editor with The Burnt Orange Report

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I came across this article; it’s a little old but very
interesting published by Texas Tribune. It’s talking about state and local government looking for other
ways to ease budget costs on government, cities, school districts and community
colleges. Lawmakers are trying to ease the unfunded mandates the states impose
on them. Counties are stuck with a lot of the burden. They are required to pay
for attorneys for criminals who can’t afford one. They are also required to pay
for elections and keep up jail standards. A representative wants to amend the
Texas Constitution to block the state from ordering new mandates without
providing the money to pay for them. It’s a very interesting article to read.

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Hi everyone my name is Kyle from a small town outside of Austin. Been living in Austin for about 8 years now. I love everything about Austin, the small town feel but with big city lights, great hometown local food, the parks and swimming holes. That's enough about me for now, more to come later.I have never done a blog but looking forward to the challenge as well as I'm not much of a political person either. I have only voted once in my life. I'm taking this class to have a better understanding of government and politics and to broaden my view of everything that's out there. On the Texas General Quiz i knew all the answers however on the Texas Political Knowledge quiz didn't get a single question right. I sure hope I can take the quiz again at the end of the semester and know all the answers.